STORIES OF HUMAN BEINGS

Life Pressings are a physical, visual map of a powerful moment shared.

Created using ink illustrated through syringes on cotton paper.The paper is folded at the centre of the artwork and one line at a time is drawn onto the right hand side of the fold.The paper is folded together and ‘pressed’, creating a symmetrical image.Over time, as each line is applied and pressed, an intricate, technicolour image emerges from the page.

Each line, form and colour of a Life Pressing represent an emotion, story and memory. Often these emotions, stories and memories are shared during Pressing Sessions.

They evoke feelings of reflection, beauty, physicality, flight, tension and release. They offer a moment to stand still.

Referencing the well known ink blot tests pioneered by psychologist Hermann Rorschach, the Life Pressing artworks are a sophisticated contemporary exploration, deeply embedded with personal storytelling. These works are created as visual experiences that stimulate multiple brain functions simultaneously.

Art made about a human life

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Flutter Lyon is an innovative arts and health organisation based in Sydney, Australia - creating art and experiences for our world

Acknowledgement to Country

Flutter Lyon would like to acknowledge and pay respect to the traditional owners of the land on which we meet – the Wangal people of the Eora Nation. It is upon their ancestral lands that we work and create. As we share our stories, may we also pay respect to the stories embedded forever within the culture of the Indigenous custodians of this sacred land.